Paraburdoo, Australia, Australia
 
Year1968latitude: ° 0'
longitude: ° 0'
Period
Initiator(s)
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Inhabitants1,200
Target population
Town website
Town related links
Literature- Hamersley Iron, 'Living in an iron ore town: Community Studies of Paraburdoo, Tom Price and Dampier'

type of New Town: > scale of autonomy
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Company Town
> client
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Paraburdoo is a mining town in the Pilbara region in Western Australia. Construction and development Paraburdoo was taken out by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd in the early 70s, the first house getting occupied in 1970. The population decreased from nearly 2000 in 1996 to 1,200 in 2001.

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